KicadStepUp Workbench
Introduction
Kicad StepUp Workbench is aimed at helping both KiCad and FreeCAD users in collaborating with electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design.
Background
Kicad (website) is an Open Source Electronics Design Automation Suite.
Usage
Kicad StepUp is part of the external workbenches, and can be automatically installed using the FreeCAD Add-on Manager which comes bundled with FreeCAD 0.17, under the Tools → Add-On Manager menu.
Features
In progress
Help and howto
References
- Author: Github: @easyw | FreeCAD Forums: kicad StepUp: ECAD MCAD bidirectional collaboration
- Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/easyw/kicadStepUpMod
External workbenches
FreeCAD workbenches are easy to program in Python, there are therefore many people developing additional workbenches outside of the FreeCAD main developers.
The external workbenches page has some information and tutorials on some of them, and the FreeCAD Addons project aims at gathering them and making them easily installable from within FreeCAD.
New workbenches are in development, stay tuned!
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
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- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
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